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Lujiazui skyline across the Huangpu at dusk: Oriental Pearl Tower, Jin Mao, the SWFC and Shanghai TowerThe Bund's waterfront buildings with the Customs House clock tower and the HSBC dome at sunset, seen across the HuangpuPedestrian East Nanjing Road in the morning: historic department stores, signboards and the Radisson tower's dome

The essentials in 10 seconds

Entry
all 5 free
Duration
5 h 50 min · 09:30–15:20
Start and finish
Lujiazui → People's Park
On foot
≈ 55 min in total
Transport
none — all on foot
Lunch
around 12:53
With kids
fine: short walks

The plan, stop by stop

Times include walking and lunch. Drag a stop by ≡, remove it with the cross or add one nearby — the plan updates.

Shanghai09:30–15:20 · 5 places · 5 h 50 min

  1. Lujiazui

    · 45 min · Free

  2. 18 min on foot
  3. The Bund

    · 1 h · Free

  4. 20 min on foot
  5. Nanjing Road

    · 1 h · Free

  6. Lunch · 1 h
  7. 10 min on foot
  8. People's Square

    · 30 min · Free

  9. 7 min on foot
  10. People's Park

    · 40 min · Free

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Add nearby

Places near the plan — Yes puts one into the day and the times update.

Xintiandi

Shanghai, China

↝ 16 min1 hfree

Yu Garden

Shanghai, China

↝ 17 min1 h 15 min

What the route costs

All 5 stops are free — you pay only for museums inside, if you go in, and for lunch.

1Lujiazui4845 minFree
2The Bund591 hFree
3Nanjing Road461 hFree
4People's Square4230 minFree
5People's Park4240 minFree
Total4 h5 of 5 free

Sources and fact-check

  • Prices, opening hours and time on site come from each place's page, with its own sources and check date

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